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Purushothaman, Thirumalai

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FIDEFIDE 5012791· Male· India· Born in 1988

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Thirumalai Purushothaman, a 38-year-old Indian FIDE Master, is rated 1980 and sitting in the top 4% of Indian players. He plays occasionally (6 games in the last 12 months) and had 3 career breaks: 15 months (2011–2012), 12 months (2014–2015) and 49 months (2022–2026). His peak of 2303 was reached at age 20 (Jul 2008, Indian #83 at the time).

Awarded FM in 2016 (age 28). At junior level, he reached #11, #8, #13 and #14 nationally in U20, U18, U16 and U14.

Current rating

1980

Standard

Rpd1905·Blz1978

All-time high

2303

−323 pts below
Jul 2008 · age 20

Activity

2

games / yr avg.

6 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional

Signature stat

Top 4%

#804 · Indian players · of 19,243

Career timeline

20 entries
2022
Inactive for 49 months
paused at 2027 → returned at 1980
Apr 2022
2017
Best 12-month gain (+187 Elo)
2007 → 2194
Oct 2017
Re-crossed 2100
at age 29
Sep 2017
2016
FM title awardedFM
at age 28
Mar 2016
2015
Re-crossed 2100
at age 27
Oct 2015
2014
Inactive for 12 months
paused at 2084 → returned at 2107
Sep 2014

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Muthu Vignesh G 1,631
SRM 2nd International FIDE Rating Open Chess Tournament 2026 · Apr 2026 · +2.4 Elo
Evolution
-47
2027 → 1980
Tournaments
1
6 games
Score
3/ 650.0%
3W0D3L

Last 12 months — tournaments

1 event
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
SRM 2nd International FIDE Rating Open Chess Tournament 2026
Open Swiss
Apr 20263/6#1081611-47.4
Worst Elo result: SRM 2nd International FIDE Rating Open Chess Tournament 2026 (-47.4 Elo, finished #108).

Most-Played Opponents

vsSharma HimanshuGM
🇮🇳IND·2377
+0 −4 =2
6 games·last met Jun 2012
View head-to-head →
vsJha SriramGM
🇮🇳IND·2308
+2 −2 =1
5 games·last met May 2018
View head-to-head →
vsK. RatnakaranIM
🇮🇳IND·2159
+1 −2 =2
5 games·last met May 2018
View head-to-head →

Rankings

/
India
#804
out of 26,680 players
Asia-Pacific
#3,775
in continent
World
#30,786
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
India
1
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2,761
2
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2,739
3
🇮🇳Praggnanandhaa RFollow Praggnanandhaa RTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,735
4
🇮🇳Gukesh DFollow Gukesh DTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,732
5
🇮🇳Nihal SarinFollow Nihal SarinTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,723
6
🇮🇳Vidit, Santosh GujrathiFollow Santosh Gujrathi ViditTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,708
7
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2,692
8
🇮🇳Harikrishna, PentalaFollow Pentala HarikrishnaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,676
9
🇮🇳Karthikeyan, MuraliFollow Murali KarthikeyanTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,661
9
🇮🇳Pranav, VFollow V PranavTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,661
...
804🇮🇳Purushothaman, Thirumalai1,980
Asia-Pacific
1
🇺🇿Abdusattorov, NodirbekFollow Nodirbek AbdusattorovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,777
1
🇺🇿Sindarov, JavokhirFollow Javokhir SindarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,777
3
🇮🇳Erigaisi ArjunFollow Erigaisi ArjunTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,761
4
🇨🇳Wei, YiFollow Yi WeiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,753
5
🇮🇳Anand, ViswanathanFollow Viswanathan AnandTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,739
6
🇨🇳Ding, LirenFollow Liren DingTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,738
7
🇮🇳Praggnanandhaa RFollow Praggnanandhaa RTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,735
8
🇷🇺Nepomniachtchi, IanFollow Ian NepomniachtchiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,733
9
🇮🇳Gukesh DFollow Gukesh DTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,732
10
🇻🇳Le, Quang LiemFollow Quang Liem LeTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,731
...
3775🇮🇳Purushothaman, Thirumalai1,980
World
1
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2,841
2
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2,792
2
🇺🇸Caruana, FabianoFollow Fabiano CaruanaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,792
4
🇺🇿Abdusattorov, NodirbekFollow Nodirbek AbdusattorovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,777
4
🇺🇿Sindarov, JavokhirFollow Javokhir SindarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,777
6
🇩🇪Keymer, VincentFollow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
7
🇳🇱Giri, AnishFollow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,764
8
🇮🇳Erigaisi ArjunFollow Erigaisi ArjunTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,761
9
🇺🇸So, WesleyFollow Wesley SoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,753
9
🇨🇳Wei, YiFollow Yi WeiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,753
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30786🇮🇳Purushothaman, Thirumalai1,980